| Project/Area Number |
04680103
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
科学技術史(含科学社会学・科学技術基礎理論)
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAZAKI Masakatsu Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (20106959)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
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| Keywords | History of Science / Galileo Galilei / 17世紀 |
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| Research Abstract |
(1) Drake's conjecture that Galileo discovered the Law of fall after he had found the law of pendulum is studied intensively analyzing his early manuscripts related.
(2) Basing on a analysis of the logical structure of the mechanics part of Galileo's Two New Sciences and Dialogue, a chronological order of Galileo's manuscripts is proposed.
(3) In doing above work, a special attention to Galileo's kinetics was payd.
(4) Some of Galileo's important manuscripts on motion in latin are translated into Japanese.
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